OAKLAND — Vernon Wells homered twice to help Josh Towers win consecutive decisions for the first time in nearly two years as the Toronto Blue Jays snapped a four-game losing streak with a 11-7 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Monday night.

Wells sparked a six-run third inning against Lenny DiNardo (3-5) with a home run and added another solo shot — his 11th of the season — to lead off the sixth against Colby Lewis. Wells added two singles, matching his career high with four hits.

That helped give Towers (4-5) all the support he needed to earn the win. Towers had won just two of his previous 19 starts before beating Minnesota last week. He followed that up by allowing four runs and five hits in five innings to beat the A’s, his first back-to-back wins since August 2005 against the Orioles and the Angels.

Frank Thomas had three hits and two RBIs in his first game back in Oakland since signing as a free agent with the Blue Jays in the offseason. Thomas got a warm ovation before striking out in the first inning. He followed that with three straight singles, driving in runs in the third and sixth.

Dan Johnson went 3-for-4 with a homer and three RBIs and Shannon Stewart was 3-for-5 with an RBI for the A’s, who returned from a 3-7 road trip only to lose the series opener against the Blue Jays.

Coming in after getting swept in a three-game series in Seattle, Toronto took control when DiNardo fell apart with one out in the third inning. Wells homered to start a run of eight straight batters reaching base against DiNardo, who ended his night with an error on Jason Phillips’ slow roller in front of the mound with the bases loaded.

The A’s got on board first with two runs in the second inning on an RBI single by Johnson and a run-scoring double by Marco Scutaro. Johnson added a tow-run homer, his 10th, in the fourth to cut Toronto’s lead to 6-4, but that was as close as the A’s got as Toronto added two runs each in the sixth and seventh innings.

Notes: DiNardo allowed six runs — four earned — and eight hits in 2 1-3 innings, his shortest start of the season. … Wells has 16 career multihomer games. … Scutaro was replaced by pinch-runner Donnie Murphy after being hit on the right hand by a pitch from Jason Frasor in the seventh inning. … Swisher tossed his helmet aside in frustration after striking out in the first inning. But he held on too long and the helmet went right at plate umpire Tony Randazzo, who snagged it with one hand and smiled at Swisher. … Oakland relievers had pitched 10 1-3 consecutive scoreless innings before Wells’ homer against Lewis.

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